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Pillows

I did few months before 2 to start the transition to the big bed. We gave him a pillow and a blanket. It was also when he started getting out of the Halo blanket himself. He didn't ask to move to the big bed until he was over 2.5.

That's so ironic that you posted this question, I was wondering the same thing...lol! I think my girls are almost ready for a pillow because they have started using their stuffed animals as pillows or they will roll up their blankets and use them.

I am probably a little different. all of my kids have slept with me in my bed. When they were little I would move the extra pillow, but once they had good control of their heads and turning abilities, they started using mine. Also they have all always been covered up with blankets. My little one is the only one that doesnt like them.

Aubrey sleeps on 2 pillows for her naps and she has gotten used to sleeping on the floor on 4 of them at night in the livingroom since her cold. We let her sleep in the living room because the heat upstairs was not working, and now she LOVES it and loves the pillows. She has had a pillow since she was 9 months but only for naps. now it is all the time.

When I put her into a big girl bed I gave DD a toddler pillow. She just hated it. She took one of the normal pillows we had on the floor to stop her hurting herself if she fell out of bed and started using that. Needless to say, this is now her pillow.

I was told that they can start using a pillow as soon as their shoulders are wider than their head. Add to that as long as they can turn over without help.

We were so lucky to find an animal pillow for our DS who is now almost 23 months. It lays flat for him to sleep on, but you can also fold it and velcro it into an animal. (He has a monkey, dog and bear) We started using them when he was around 1yr old. Most nights he starts out on his side with his head on the pillow and then in the AM he wakes not using it. For right now, it works and I know we are going to have to face the &quot;big bed&quot; in the near future. Right now, he is happy sleeping in his crib and we have a tent cover specically designed for cribs to ensure he doesn't climb out. He is tall and a climber! :-)

we started giving Jack a pillow right around a year, which may seem early but he'd been sick and they recommended keeping him elevated a bit to sleep. We first put some blankets under the mattress to help raise it up on one side, and when that wasn't enough one of my nurse friends recommended putting the pillow under the sheet so it wouldn't shift, and it's worked like a dream since! He seems to sleep more soundly and now at 14 months when he does wake he'll work his way back up to the pillow to get comfy before going back down.

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